Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Voeckler wins Tour's fifth stage

TOUR DE FRANCE
Date: 4 July - 26 July
Coverage: BBC Sport website: text commentary of each stage and streamed BBC commentary of the last 90 minutes of each stage available; commentary on selected stages on BBC 5 Live sports extra


Cycling

Frenchman Thomas Voeckler celebrated his maiden Grand Tour victory on stage five of the Tour de France.

Voeckler was part of a six-man break early in the 196.5km stage from Le Cap D'Adge to Perpignan.

He made a dash for home with five kilometres remaining and held off the peloton to win by seven seconds.

Britain's Mark Cavendish came in third to retain the sprinters' green jersey and Fabien Cancellara kept the leaders' yellow jersey from Lance Armstrong.

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